Improvement in paneling-machines



forms of surface. l

\ face to be wrought.

` V"work tothe cutter;V

raised orlowered, as-seen ing. 5.

Nr cao Les J EN' K1 N s,

OF NEW YORK, N.

Letters Patent No. 108,027, dated October 4, 1870; antedated September 24, 1870.

fr iMPRovEMENT iN PANEuNe-MACHINES.

Tlie `Schegule referred, to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all-whom: 'it hwy concern; l

-Beit known that LNlcuoLAs JENKINS, ot New y `3Z"ork,in the'coun'ty'ofNew York and State of New i York, have invented ail new `Improvement in foodpaneling Machine; and 1I do hereby declare the fol-f n l lowing, when take'n in vconnection with -the accompanying drawings and thef letters of reference marked thereon, to be a" full, clear, and exact description of -the"same, and which -saiddrawing's constitute part of this specification, and represent in Figure 1, a side view;

Figure 3, a transverse section; y `Figure 4, the endof the foi-m3; and in Figure 5, the

manner` ofsadjustnient to different This invention relates to'an,improvementin `the machine for making' molding patented to me, and

dated August 6, 1867,1the object being t0 adapt the said machine to molding `orpan'eling up'on `a concave or convex surface. .Tothis end,

My invention consists-` r First, in the constructionof the ibrmor-pattern, so

that it may be curvedto the" desired shape of the sur"- Second, in a dcvicef y the said form is placed, so ast-o properly prescntthe A represeuts the bed-of my machine, patented as above, through the. center of whiclra groove, a, ex-

tends, b`y means of which(or by other suitable de-V 'vice)iihe standards B `B are, fixed to the said bed,

'the said standardssupporting the guiding 'or feeding apparatus, which consists cfa central shaft, C, lixed in bearings D, the said bearings beingfadjustable ver i tically,-by screws d d, above and below, the bearings working in suitable guides to retain the said shaft in its central position, and resting upon a spring, C', as

' seen in'igs. 3 and 5.`

Upon the said shaittoothed or roughened cylinders, E,'are placed, by means of which the work` is y inoved .transversely overV the shaft C.

Above thel said shaft, "and in standards '1), are

i "placed, upon axed center, cylinders E F, these bc,- "ing cent-rally'over` the `shaft G, as seen in fig. 3, and

upon either side of the4 `said cylinder F 1 arrange othercylinders, G G, (see figs; 2 and 3,) the said' cyl- `inders GAG beingupon adjustable centers, so `as tobe The cylinders GG are made elastic bythe intro `duction of an' India-rubbercylinder, j, into each, as

seeniin g. 3, the saidf India-rubber cylinder yielding slightlyY to any pressure which, may be brought to bear upon the said cylinders Gr G. j i

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or feeding lthe work, upon which- `transverse motion iu myoriginal machine, the transverse table being made fast.

The ends I `of the form are constructed as seen in iig. 4, that is to say, in several .parts or pieces, h, and these parts or pieces plated uponV one surface with suitable metal, fi, so as to secure the several partsfto` This construction allows of the said ends .being bent or curved to the desired shape.

The opcragion of this device is as follows: y i Supposingpas in igs. 3 and 4, L to represent the panel, whichV is to bc 'wrought upon its convex .sur-V i'ace. The ends I are placed and secured upon the panel, as in Vfigs. 1 and 2, conforming to the shape of thc'surfacc. Then the sides l are in like Ymanner `fixed to the surface in the proper position, and the corners It, or other device for ornamentation,areiut-roduced. Then thc'panel, with the form, is passed between the center cylinder F, over the cylinders E, they being first adjusted to the proper distance apart. Then the cylinders .G are pressed down ontclthe snrface, as seen in iig. 3, and secured.

.The three cylinders F, G, and G, at each end above, and the cylinder E below, retain the 'panel in the form in the desired position, the cutter working centrally over the shaft G. I v

By turning the shaft C, the panel, with the forni,

is moved Itransversely, and a longitudinal movement is given by moving the bed in the usual.' manner.. Therefore, by the combined movement of the shaft G aient @titille and the longitudinal movement of the bed,a universat movement is given to the panel, so as to present the panelto the cutter, whatever may be its shape.

any slight irregularities upon the surfaces of the` panel or form areA compensated for by the springs C,

and also by the elasticity ofthe cylinders G.

i I have represented thepanel as being wrought upon its convex surface; but itwill be readily seen that, to work the panel upon the concave surface, it is only necessary to place the form upon that surface and ad just the cylinders accordingly. Therefore, by this device, irregular surfaces may be wrought` with equal facility as plain surfaces.

I claim as my invention- 1. The form I, constructed in several parts, and the said parts' secured together bythe plate fi, so as to he bent or curved into the desired form,substantially as l.

set forth. v

2. The shaft C, provided with cylinders E, and combiued with the cylinders E and Gr G anda curved or irregular form, so as to give to the work a transverse i 

